Roxas City tightens watch against novel coronavirus

ROXAS City – The government here has held an emergency meeting on Jan.31 following the declaration of the Department of Health (DOH) about the first corona virus case in the country.

Mayor Ronnie Dadivas called on the various government agencies and private organizations, namely the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Department of Education (DepEd), Hospital Administrators and health personnel among others to heighten surveillance and monitoring, plus impose necessary preventive measures against the virus in the city.

The mayor has already provisioned Executive Order (EO) No. 2, series of 2020 “ An Order Strengthening  Epidemiological Surveillance and Response System to Protect the City of Roxas from 2019 Novel Corona Virus Cases from Wuhan, Hubel, China and other emerging and re- emerging infectious diseases.”

The Order will establish and mobilize respective Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT) composed of barangay health workers, barangay service workers and barangay nutrition scholars to assist and conduct epidemiological surveillance.

The City Health Office (CHO) will lead the overall surveillance, while the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) will provide technical assistance, the order said.

Also in the EO, the Roxas City Airport and the Port of Culasi are mandated to take appropriate detection and reporting of possible cases.

Kinahangklan naton ang instrikto nga pag-bantay sa airport, sea port including the entrance and exit points sang aton siudad,” Dadivas told Panay News.

Part of the city government’s preventive measure is to require all passengers or tourists that will use the airport and seaport to fill up the health declaration form. Also, they will not be granted entrance if they show symptoms of the virus sans undergoing proper quarantine procedures, he added./PN

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